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Vagrant wrapping foot in towel? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drifter

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'vagrant' is the definition.
(I know that vagrant can be written as drifter)

'wrapping foot in towel?' is the wordplay.
'wrapping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'foot in' becomes 'ft' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'towel?' becomes 'drier' (something which dries).
'ft' going into 'drier' is 'DRIFTER'.

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(Other definitions for drifter that I've seen before include "Wanderer; fishing vessel" , "One who moves about aimlessly" , "fellow lacking direction" , "Vagrant - fishing boat" , "kind of boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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